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Driver arrested over deadly Mandela great-grandchild crash

Updated on: 11 June,2010 12:09 PM IST  | 
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The driver of the car that crashed and killed a great-grandchild of Nelson Mandela on the opening day of the World Cup has been arrested and may face homicide charges, a spokeswoman said Friday.

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The driver of the car that crashed and killed a great-grandchild of Nelson Mandela on the opening day of the World Cup has been arrested and may face homicide charges, a spokeswoman said Friday.

"We have arrested the driver and we are investigating charges of culpable homicide," police spokewosman Colonel Noxolo Kweza told AFP.


She said the car flipped over on a central Johannesburg highway after midnight as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 13-year-old Zenani Mandela were leaving the World Cup kick-off concert in Soweto.



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